Need to get organized? Visit Staples.com and for a limited-time, you can save on the products you need to de-clutter your home or office when you pay with Visa Checkout.
Through April 9 or while supplies last, you can get $25 off your purchase of $100 or more online at Staples.com when you use Visa Checkout. Discount is limited to one per customer and restrictions apply.
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Slowly but surely, it’s getting easier to grab a copy of your credit score for free. Thanks to some nudging of the banks by the CFPB and others, more consumers than ever can now see how their credit rates without having to pay for it. The latest news comes from Bank of America and Wells Fargo, where eligible customers can now enjoy expanded access to their FICO score for free.
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If you’re a Costco member, by now you’ve heard that Costco will begin accepting Visa cards this summer and no longer accept American Express cards. At the same time, Costco Amex cardmembers will also be transitioned to new Visa cards from Citi.
What are the benefits of the new Citi Costco Visa cards? Up until today that was a mystery. But finally, we know the details and quite frankly, they’re a pleasant surprise.
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While paying your tax bill with your credit card isn’t for everyone, in many cases it can make sense. For instance, it can be a helpful way to meet the minimum spending requirement on an introductory offer or a way to generate a small profit for those with excellent rebate cards. If you don’t have the means to pay off your credit card bill in full, however, it’s usually a poor choice and there are better alternatives. Many of the pros and cons are discussed in this post.
If you’re still considering paying with a credit card, though, this post touches on a few key things you should know.
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For a limited time, through April 30, 2016, select Navy FCU members can get an intro 0% APR for 12 months with no balance transfer fees when they make a balance transfer to their Navy Federal Credit Union credit card.
This offer is valid for balances transferred from other card issuer accounts requested during the promotional period and excludes balance transfers using convenience checks, as well as the Navy Federal Business and Home Equity Line Platinum credit cards. In addition, you must have been targeted for this promotion to take advantage of it.
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JetBlue announced last year that it would be parting ways with American Express as its co-branded credit card partner. Instead, new cards would be issued by Barclaycard and processed on the Mastercard network. Today, JetBlue finally released details of its new suite of credit cards, including information about its new customer sign-up bonuses which require relatively little spending.
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This weekend, eligible Capital One cardholders can receive 4 free rides on uberPOOL in select cities. UberPOOL, a service introduced by Uber last year, matches riders heading in the same direction to share rides, so that the cost is split.
To take advantage of this promotion, enter promo code CAPITALONEPOOL, choose uberPOOL and select your eligible Capital One card as your payment method. Eligible cards include US-issued credit cards open and in good standing, as well as debit cards from Capital One and Capital One 360.
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For a limited time, through March 30, 2016, you can earn 35,000 bonus Starpoints when you apply for a new Starwood Preferred Guest credit card from American Express and spend at least $3,000 in your first 3 months of cardmembership. You can also earn the same 35,000 Starpoint bonus by applying for the Business version of the card and spending $5,000 in your first 3 months. 35,000 Starpoints is the highest signup bonus ever offered for the card.
As a point of comparison, 30,000 bonus Starpoints had previously been the high-water mark for SPG Amex bonus, typically offered just once per year, while 25,000 Starpoints is the standard offer.
In an interview with Reuters, Chase president of Consumer Branded Cards, Pamela Codispoti, recently revealed that Chase would be offering a new cash back credit card in April called the Freedom Unlimited card. Intended to compete against similar offerings from Capital One and Citi, the Freedom Unlimited card will have no annual fee and will earn 1.5x Ultimate Rewards points per dollar spent on all purchases.
The introduction of the Freedom Unlimited card does not mean that the existing Chase Freedom card–which offers 5x points in rotating quarterly bonus categories and 1x points on everything else–is going away. Codispoti said that the Freedom Unlimited card will continue to be available as an alternative, or a companion, to the current Freedom card. According to Codispoti, “Different customers like different offers and some like the current Freedom card.”
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Through March 11, 2016 or while supplies last, you can receive a $10 Regal Entertainment Group eGift Card when you spend at least $10 on a single transaction with your registered Visa credit card at a Regal Entertainment Group theatre. Regal Entertainment Group theatres include Regal Cinemas, Edwards Theateres and United Artists Theatres.
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